Democrats eye post-election transportation session

As reported by Politico:

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SACRAMENTO — After a year of stalled negotiations on a multi-billion dollar transportation plan, Democratic legislative leaders are privately discussing reconvening the state Legislature after the Nov. 8 election to take up road funding in a special session, legislative sources said.

In a lobbying effort supported by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, state Sen. Jim Beall and Assemblyman Jim Frazier, chairman of the chamber’s Transportation Committee, have reached out to colleagues in recent days to seek support for a transportation bill.

Frazier and Beall helped craft a $7.4 billion transportation proposal this year that would have included a 17-cent-per-gallon increase in the gas tax, though that measure would likely be amended before lawmakers take it up. Gov. Jerry Brown, who previously called for a smaller, $3.6 billion transportation package, remains resistant to the lawmakers’ more expensive proposal, sources said. …

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